CORVUSED

  I wish I could be one of those people All "nonchalant," all "I don't care." But the depth of my heart And the horizon of my soul Are far too profound to be as shallow as that— Truly, a curse in disguise. Every choice I make in this generation Makes me feel like I'm the epitome of bad decisions, But in reality all I'm doing is Letting my emotions flow In the fluency of the language of love. Must be so cool to be unbothered, Because the universe designed me in such a way That I would rather feed you my flesh With a smile on my face Than watch you starve. I try to run From love, from feelings, from closeness and closure, But somehow I find myself dancing in the music of fire That I call love. I once heard this song: "I wanna go deep but nobody wanna go there with me," And it pinched my soft heart That longs to be held in soft, warm arms. —Garima Subedi